City Hunter posters and stills

152 May 16, 2011May 16, 2011

by javabeans

Posters are out for City Hunter, and they look pretty decent…if only they told me what the drama’s about. I’m still trying to figure it all out.

Is it a Gone With the Wind-y love story set amidst the backdrop of chaos, as the poster above suggests? Or is it a friendly workplace drama that takes place under bridges and has the occasional high-speed chase with a hero who is entirely too fond of pink-toned pants?

Then again, it could be about a vigilante hero out to nab some kind of powerful villain like a Batman with a decidedly flower-boy streak, as in Poster 3. Or maybe it’s really a fantasy story about a hero who dies and floats in limbo…in water…above a city at nighttime…guided by an angel in the sky?

Beats me.

But maybe the stills will help us. We start off with a mother — everybody’s got one of those, right? And a man scrambling on a beach, who may or may not be a father. Let’s say he is, because in a K-drama, chances are, daddy issues are a motivating force.

So then our hero grows up and spends some years working in some action-packed, fighting-filled capacity in Thailand. He’s rough, he’s sweaty, he’s either an assassin or a spy or a construction worker with Issues.

Then there’s our heroine, who works for the Blue House and apparently kicks some ass.

The hero’s ass, specifically. Wait, but what about all those hardcore badass years he spent as an undercover dude? Apparently those years he spent getting his doctorate at MIT and working in communications at the Blue House softened him up. Or maybe he’s just faking to the the girl to manhandle him. Heck, I’d rather he be a sneaky perv than a wuss.

Ms. Heroine is assigned to bodyguard the president’s daughter, who looks like a spoiled brat. From the way Bodyguard #2 is giving her the sideways stinkeye, I’m gonna guess Heroine’s job isn’t entirely smooth sailing. But at least working at the Blue House should pay well to compensate for the brat factor, right?

Alas, it would appear not. Former judo star and current government employee notwithstanding, Plucky Heroine also has a side job hawking promo materials, or some such thing.

But wait! Badass Hero is back! But…you’re a government employee now! Surely the president won’t tolerate his employees working side jobs as vigilante crime-fighters. I smell conflict of interest!

City Hunter premieres on May 25. Maybe then I’ll finally know what it’s about!

Via Star News

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101 manga?

May 19, 2011 at 11:35 AM

is it not based on the manga? the manga story is apparently: The series follows the exploits of Ryo Saeba, a "sweeper" or private detective who works to rid Tokyo of crime, and Kaori Makimura, a tomboyish girl who manages Ryo's business affairs. Their "City Hunter" business is an underground jack-of-all-trades operation, contacted by writing the letters "XYZ" on a blackboard at Shinjuku Station.
never read it myself the plot did not intrigue me but maybe the drama is different

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102 grace, the one from Jersey, USA

May 20, 2011 at 2:57 PM

I've just read everyone's comments.
Folks, YOU ARE ALL BRILLIANT! :) :) :)

I'm still going to watch "City Hunter," but
under its new title: "Dog Walker," as if it's
a silent movie. (Cute pooch, by the way.)
I'll turn the sound off and make up my own
dialogue to fit the screen. THEN, I'll come here,
and compare my version with javabeans and
see how close I got to what was broadcast.
Who knows? This might end up being the
comedy hit of the season.

Seriously; is this the best "script" (and I use
that term very loosely) that Lee Min-ho could
have chosen? Well, I"ll start praying for a
miracle now.......

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103 vanillasalt

May 20, 2011 at 3:15 PM

If i weren't such a big lee min ho fan I wouldn't even bat an eyelash for this drama. I mean like, i want to watch it, but then i don't because whenever i see promos, stills, or a poster for it, i kinda cringe thinking it may end up a trainwreck. hopefully it won't cuz that would just be a waste of Lee min ho.